Türelem‏ (Patience)

Sziasztok mindenki!!

So we had another good week! On Monday last week after we did our emailing, we went to Wenckheim Castle, its about a 20 minute drive from Békéscaba. It was so cool! We went with the Hulberts and the Elders...our little Békéscaba family! We were walking around the grounds and all of a sudden something jumped in front of Sister Broadhead and I and we may have squealed a little... then it jumped again and we saw a frog jump into the little pool of water next to us. We tried to find it and get it out but had no luck. We then here Sister Hulbert come up behind us with her hands cupped and she says "lets play 'button, button, who's got the button!'" haha she had caught a frog in the other stream a little ways away. So we walked over there and spent at least 45 minutes all trying to catch frogs hahaha sadly i was only able to catch one. I was super slow. I apparently need to work on my frog catching skills.

So last week I mentioned how we were in the computer lab talking to a few Irish kids we had met. I'll back up and tell the whole story. About two-ish weeks ago or something we were in the little store on the corner by our apartment and we heard English. And it was in an accent. So I had to talk to them and ask where they were from and they said they were from Ireland but were just here on a little 2 week study abroad. There were about 4 of them. It was so cool to talk to them. So then we said bye and went on our way. Then on Monday, while we were in here at the computer lab, we saw some of them walking by! So we chatted with them for a bit and ended up making plans to go to dinner with them that night. So after Családi Est (Family Night) we ran to meet up with them. As we were walking up, there was the 4 that we had met. And more! We ended up having dinner with about 13 of them or so. They were from all over Ireland and England. It was SO MUCH FUN! Oh my goodness. We took them to the little Italian restaurant that we like and got to talk with them a little bit. We also ran into the Elders and they came to dinner with us as well. Then after a little bit one of them asked, "so tell us a little bit about your religion" and we ended up teaching the Restoration. And then they all started asking us different questions about what we believe. It was seriously so cool! We talked for days about these new friends that we had made. We said goodbye to them on Friday and printed out the picture that we had taken that night of all of us for each of them and put that in an envelope with a picture of Christ. It was seriously such a great nigh. AND I got to hear an English accent... I was seriously loving life hahaha

We had some great programs this week with our investigators Hajni and Enikő. They are both such great girls and have strong testimonies. We are really excited for Enikő's upcoming baptism!

On Friday we had a really cool experience with Elder Hulbert. We decided to go out with the car and GPS and try and find some RCLA's (Recent Converts or Less Active members). We weren't having very much luck. A few people who didn't really want to talk to us then and a few who just weren't home. It was getting late and we were all hungry but we decided to just try one more that was a little ways out. We typed the address into the GPS and headed out there. When we got there, we csengő'd them and this really nice néni came to the door! She said that she had gone back to the old address of where the church used to be and couldn't find anything. We told her the branch house had moved! (which happened a few years ago...). She said it was too late that night but we could come back another night. And then her cute little husband came to the door too (he is not a member) and was just so nice. We set up a time to come back next week and meet with them. As we drove away, the husband just waited at the front door and waved us off. It was really cool. We were about ready to be done for the night but we decided to just do one more and we were able to find this néni who didn't know where the church was anymore.

On Saturday we went over to a members house for dinner. She and her son live with her parents so they were all there, along with some aunts and cousins. They brought out some good soup. And the best part of the night was this really good stuff i cant remember the name of. But basically, they make some dough, dip it in sugar and cook it over hot coals. and its about as long as my forearm. I could probably put my hand through it and it would go from my elbow to my hand. It was huge. and they made one for each of us!!!! oh my gosh it was delicious!! there is no hope for me not gaining weight haha

Another cool tracting story that happened to Broadhead Nővér and I yesterday. We just went out and started walking. We got to a street corner, and as usual, prayed to know which direction to go. I didn't really feel a strong feeling to go either way so we just picked a way and started walking. We had a few more crossroads where we could decide which ways to go. We heard a baby one way and we thought "oh a family! lets go find them!" but.....the baby started screaming bloody murder so we decided maybe we shouldn't bother them right then. So we just went a little different direction and cane to a place with like 6 csengő's. We started ringing and people weren't interested. But then we got to the 3rd one and this guy opened the gate and let us in! i was pretty surprised. I think that was the first time for me that someone has let us in when we just rang their csengő. So we went in and started chatting with him a little bit. He then called his daugters down who were super cute. One of them spoke a bit of English so we talked to her a little bit. It was so easy to just sit and chat with them and tell them a little bit about missionaries and why we were here. I was even able to understand quite a lot of what they were saying in Hungarian. They were just so nice. So we planned to go back and see them again next Sunday! Its crazy the places you end up tracting. We didn't feel a strong pull to go either way when we were deciding where to go, but clearly the Lord's hand was in our decision. We ended up in such a random little area, we couldn't have just decided to go there and meet this family on our own!

Funny story this week: We streeted a girl last week and set up a time to meet with her. Broadhead Nővér called her on Saturday to confirm that we were meeting with her. However, she sad, "I can only meet on rainy days." ......so Sister Broadhead said, "Okay. So I'll call you on a rainy day and we can meet?" And she said, "yeah." hahaha I dont know...some people....

This morning during personal study, I decided to study patience (türelem) as the next Christlike Attribute I want to work on. I read a really great scripture that I wanted to share with everyone. It's in the Book of Mormon in Mosiah 24:10-16...

10 And it came to pass that so great were their afflictions that they began to cry mightily to God.
11 And Amulon commanded them that they should stop their cries; and he put guards over them to watch them, that whosoever should be found calling upon God should be put to death.
12 And Alma and his people did not raise their voices to the Lord their God, but did pour out their hearts to him; and he did know the thoughts of their hearts.
13 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came to them in their afflictions, saying: Lift up your heads and be of good comfort, for I know of the covenant which ye have made unto me; and I will covenant with my people and deliver them out of bondage.
14 And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions.
15 And now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid upon Alma and his brethren were made light; yea, the Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord.
16 And it came to pass that so great was their faith and their patience that the voice of the Lord came unto them again, saying: Be of good comfort, for on the morrow I will deliver you out of bondage.

And I just love how much faith and patience Alma and his people had. It made me think how especially during the hard times of life, the Lord will not leave us alone. Sometimes we go through trials to make us stronger or to learn something. But we juts need to continue in faith and patience and know that the Lord will help us. He will never leave us alone. I just loved that so much when I read it. Its a good boost and a good reminder for us all.

Well I hope you all have a great week! Thanks for everything! Miss you all!!

Simons Nővér xx

Sziasztok mindenki!

This was another fun week. On Wednesday we got to go to Buda for Zone Conference. Broadhead Nővér and I took the train up to Buda. We had to get up at 5:15 to go running and that was pretty brutal! Then we had to hop on the train at 7:20. We sat with some interesting people in the train haha one guy who started talking to us and asking us questions and we ended up talking about the church and the Book of Mormon. he asked if he could look at the Book of Mormon and we said, "of course! you can have this one!" But he didn't want it haha then when we got to Buda and were walking off the train we saw through the window a bunch of other missionaries. So we got off and booked it to catch up with them. One of them was Cropper Nővér from the MTC and that was super fun to see her and catch up. It was fun to catch up with her and Wilson, Bagley and Gonzales Elder from the MTC at Zone Conference. We had some really good trainings. The APs gave a cool training on not settling and just doing your absolute best. They talked about finding your full potential and just giving it your all. President Smith also gave us a really cool training about our calling as a missionary and how great and important it is. It was really fun to have some "devotional" type talks. In the MTC we get at least two devotionals every week so it had been a whole month since I heard one. So it was a fun treat :) Then after Zone conference we got to drive home with Elder and Sister Hulbert. I am going to miss them so much when they leave. We asked Sister Hulbert if she could give us one piece of life advice, what it would be...then we ended up getting a 2 1/2 hour car ride worth of advice and it was the best!! Such a fun trip back to Békéscsaba.

A few days ago we had a program with this guy named Tamás that we know from English class. He's a super cool kid. We were just talking and getting to know him a bit and he said he liked reading so we asked him what he liked to read. He said he reads from the Bible. He opened up to show us one of his favorite scriptures and it was John 8:7. This is when Christ tells the people that whoever is without sin to cast the first stone. The Spirit was so strong at that point in the lesson and we all felt like that program was more to teach us than it was to teach him. It was a really cool experience.

On Saturday morning the Hulberts took us to the Piac to get some Lángos. We also knew Enikő and Hajni's moms work there so we thought we would see if we could find them and say Hi! So I had my first lángos and it was really good. Basically this huge scone that we lathered in garlic and salt. It was delicious but I could just feel myself gaining weight and my arteries closing while I ate it haha probably will try and limit how often I eat those...So while we were at the Piac we did run into Enikős Mom and chatted with her about how great her daughter is. Then we saw Hajni and bought a few cute sewing things that her mom makes/sells at the piac. And then we got a bonus and ran into our investigator Péter there with his girlfriend.

Speaking of Péter we had a program with him that Saturday morning before we went to the Piac. Elder Hulbert came with us to the program and it was just so cool. We taught him the restoration and it was a really good lesson. Elder Hulbert spoke a lot and used the cool picture book to tell about the restoration. He was so impressed with Péter and how open-minded and polite he was. We told him how great the Book of Mormon is and invited him to read the introduction and just start reading in 1 Nephi which he said he would try. He's just such a cool guy and we've only had two programs with him but they were just such good programs. Hopefully he'll continue progressing.

We had two more programs with Enikő and once again they were really great programs. She is just so strong and faithful. You can tell she really has a strong testimony and can't wait to be baptised.

A funny story for the week: we were out tracting one day and we came to one house. We cséngő'd the house and a lady came out. We did our little intro and she said she wasn't interested. We asked her if there was anything we could do to help her and she kind of just stared at just like we were crazy. It was only for a few seconds but it was enough time that it was a little awkward haha she then started asking about what we were doing and asked if we got paid to do this but we told her we just did it voluntarily. Basically long story short she told us we should just go back to America. She was not pleased when she found out I had only been here for a month and had 15 to go. She talked to us for at least 20 minutes too about how we were too young and we shouldn't be here and we need to be saving for our retirement and should just go back to America.

The past few days I have decided start studying the Christlike attributes and focusing on one per week. This week I have decided to focus on Diligence. Its been really cool. I just was looking up scritpures from the Topical guide in the bible and BOM about diligence. I want to focus on being diligent in learning how to teach well and this language. It can be a little disheartening when you have no idea what people are saying and you feel like you aren't learning the language. But I know that with faith and diligence and the Lord's help, I will be able to learn it. It won't come all at once but I can already feel that I am starting to learn a little more every day and able to understand more of what people say. It will come. I just need to be diligent :)

Well I hope you are all doing well! Love you and miss you!! :) Thank you for all the emails! It is seriously one of the best feelings to log on once week and see emails from all your family and friends :)

Sok Szeretettel

Simons Nővér xx

p.s. right now we are sitting in the computer lab talking to a few Irish kids about what we do as missionaries. 1. SO COOL 2. getting so homesick haha

Me and Cropper Nővér at zone conference

matching polka dots

 Selfies with Ward members

Most delicious treat. Really good cookie. I will willingly give up 5 points everyday from our health competition to eat one of these.

With our cute investigator Enikő (she's the one getting baptised in July)

Sziasztok!!

Sziasztok!!

Well another week has come and gone!

Best news of the week. After English class this week we were just chatting with some people and Sister Hulbert comes in and says that Enikő needs to talk to us. So we go into the other room and Enikő says, "Well I talked to my mom. And she said I could get baptized!" AH We were so excited!!!! A little background on Enikő...shes this super cute 17 year old girl who has been meeting with the missionaries for a little bit. When we got to Békéscsaba the Elders gave her over to us to continue teaching. Her Mom has been super hesitant about her meeting with the missionaries. Enikő said a few months ago she wasn't sure this was what she wanted but now she knew it was. When we had a program with her last week, she said she would get baptized the next weekend if her mom would let her. A few weeks ago on Fast Sunday we all fasted for her and we have all been praying for her. We are so excited!! It will probably happen in July so more details to come :)

We have two new investigators...both from English Class. Ádám is one and Kriszta is the other. They are both super cool and its nice we do the programs in English so i get to say more than just the few things I can say in Hungarian. With Kriszta, we had another program at the same time so we went on splits and Sister Hulbert and I taught her. It was really fun - we taught her about the restoration. I even told her the First Vision IN HUNGARIAN!! That was really cool :) And Ádám is this super cool kid that we taught about prayer. Those were such fun programs. And we had Sister Hulbert with us for both of them and she always makes things fun!

Another cool tracting story. We were walking along the street and once again took lots of weird turns and ended up in this random little area. We went over to one building and rang every chéngu and there was not one person home. So we walked out and were trying to decide where to go. I said we should go across the street to this little squire with apartments all around. Funny thing was, Sister Broadhead said that just a few minutes earlier, she had been thinking that we needed to cross the street. So we went accross and rang some chéngus but no one was interested or home. As we were walking out we noticed this one hidden apartment. It was next to a Doctors Office so we had completely bypassed it before. We decided to ring it and this guy came to the door. We started doing our intro and then he started talking to us in English. He said he was on his way out so we asked if we could go back another time and he said we could go back tomorrow. As we were walking over the next day we wondered if he would actually be there. And he was! We went in and talked with him and told him about prayer and gave him a Book of Mormon and it was the coolest program!! He was such a cool guy and so open minded.

On Saturday night we got to go see the Jungle Book musical in a little theater house. I did not understand most of it but it was fun! And the music was way cool. There was one scene with monkeys and their song was a rap about how monkeys are the coolest animals in the jungle haha! It was a nice little outing to go with the Hulberts and the Elders.

We are starting this new "Healthy Lifestyle Change" as a District! We are making it a competition - girls against boys. We have to have a certain amount of veggies and fruits everyday, do at least a half hour of exercise everday. And the hardest part....only two days a week we get a serving of dessert/sugar/the good stuff. That's going to be the hardest part. But hopefully it will all help us get a bit healthier! Broadhead Nővér and I go running every morning but the Elders joined us this morning. It was fun! But we ended up going around this long way and did a lot longer run than we were used to haha I'm going to miss sutti (dessert) a lot but we gotta beat the boys!! ;)

On Sunday I gave a talk in church!! That was interesting. It was pretty hard but Broadhead Nővér helped me with some translating. I probably sounded like a Kindergartener trying to speak but people said they understood what I said so that's good. I based my talk on Elder Bednar's talk from the last General Conference. I talked about Christ and his Atonement and how not only did He die for all of our sins, but He died for all of our pains, weaknesses, hardships, etc. When we are facing hard times or trials and we feel like know one knows how we feel and that we are completely alone, Christ knows exactly how we feel. I love the scripture Alma 7:11-13. It talks all about Christ's atonement and what He suffered for all of us so that He would know completely how to help us. I also love the scripture Alma 36:3. This talks about how all we need to do is put our trust in the Lord and He will help you with whatever you need. I am really grateful for this gospel and the way it has helped me in my life. I'm grateful for Christ and know that He is our Savior. He died for all of us. In times of trial, turn to Him. He knows us perfectly and knows how to help us. We never need to feel alone.

I hope you all have a great week! :)

Sok szeretettel!

Simons Nővér xx

Sometimes you just gotta eat some leaves and live in the forest...

Sziasztok!!

So this was a long week. It was good but it was long! It was a holiday in Hungary yesterday so we didn't get a chance to email.

So I'll start with a funny story this week. A few days ago we took a bus to this little town (which I don't even remember the name of). So there are three possible bus stops to get off at and we don't know which one we are supposed to get off at. so we just get off at the first one. After asking many people which way to go and walking in the sun for half an hour we eventually find it. The lady wasn't super thrilled to see us as she didn't remember she had set this program to meet with us. It was weird. I didn't really understand everything she was saying but I could tell that she was not really happy to see us and didn't really care to talk to us. But somehow after a couple of minutes of us standing awkwardly outside of her gate she let us in. We sat and talked with her for a while and she warmed right up and was super nice to us. I was a little thrown off but not complaining because she was being nice. Then all of a sudden she started getting really passionate about something she was talking about. Apparently, she said something about living in the forest and my companion said how she could never live in the forest. This lady walked off her porch to some plants so had and picked off the leaves. She brought them back to us and told us they smell like lemons and we should rub them in our hands. So...we did. Sure enough our hands smelled like lemons. The next part is the best bit. She says, "You can eat them as well!! Teseg!" (which means go ahead). So Broadhead Nővér and I just looked at each other and both thought "what the heck?" So we ate her leaves. I had to turn my head to "look at the flowers" because I was about ready to laugh my head off. She then took us into her garden and started picking off all different kinds of leaves and having us eat them. I know that salad is basically leaves so its probably not that weird....but it just felt so weird having her pick leaves off of her plants and having us eat them right them. We ended up going home with a grocery bag full of leaves and fun things. It was quite an interesting experience. I'm curious what she's going to make us eat the next time we go back! Our quote of the transfer is now..."Sometimes you just gotta eat some leaves and live in the forest..."

Yesterday we did half of our pday. We spent it with an investigator named Gabbi and her family. They took us on a 45 minute bike ride to see some castle ruins! The place is called Postelek. The bike ride was hard, I'm not going to lie. We borrowed the Elders bikes and they are terrible. So uncomfortable and I don't know how the bike I used is still working. It sounds like something is dying! Anways we got there and the ruins were way cool. We walked around for a while, saw some goats and pics and donkeys. Did a little exploring and then did the 45 minute bike ride home in the hot sun. Needless to say, by the time we got home all i wanted to do was drink a ton of cold water and collapse on my bed. I was so exhausted! It was fun though.

One of the Elders' investigators, Domi, got baptised on Saturday! It was a good service. Sister Hulbert, Sister Broadhead and I sang the "I like to look for rainbows" song in English and Hungarian. I'm NOT a singer haha but it was really fun.

Way cool story happened on Friday. We went home to start weekly planning and decided to give a less active member a call to see if we could go and visit her. Broadhead Nővér was talking to her and all of a sudden I hear (in Hungarian) "Okay we will come over now!" She is very busy and just happened to be home right then when we called her. So we called Elder Hulbert to give us a ride out to her house because it is a bit of a ways away. We get there and she and her son are in the garden picking cherries. We go in and chat with her. She is the greatest lady! There was such a spirit in her home. The reason she doesn't come to church is because she has to take care of her elderly mother every Sunday otherwise she would come! And her son was amazing! Elder Hulbert LOVED him!! He was so so nice and polite and spoke a big of English so translated for his mom. We invited him to church on Sunday but he had a skydiving show that he was in so he couldn't and said that he wanted to invite us to that. So instead we invited him to the baptism on Sunday which he came to. Then we had a program with him and elder Hulbert afterwards. We all had such a good feeling about him so hopefully we can meet with him again!

Well that's about it for this week. Email time is a bit shorter because we have stuff we have to do but those were the coolest things that happened. I hope you are all doing well. Thanks to everyone for their emails and love and support! I don't have time to respond to everyone but just know it is HIGHLY appreciated and I love hearing from everyone!

Sziasztok!

Simons Nővér

Második Hét! Second Week!

Sziasztok!!

This has been a great week!! I keep telling my companion I feel really spoiled to have this as my first transfer. Like it doesn't seem fair. I have the best trainer ever, I have the senior missionary couple right by us who help us so much, I'm in a super great town and we keep having super cool experiences. I am just really trying to appreciate them because I am sure there well be some harder times to come on the mission.

First cool story this week. On Tuesday we went out tracting (for those of you who don't know what that is - we go and knock on doors in neighborhoods and ask if they would like to hear our message). We had a lot of doors slammed in our faces. I'm not going to lie...I didn't think having so much rejection from people I don't even know would be that bad...but it totally sucks. Anyways we were having no luck. Then we get to this corner where we can either go left, right or straight. We said a prayer for guidance and when we finished, my companion said "I think we should go straight." (Which I had had the same feeling). So we go straight. We right a few door bells and people either aren't home or aren't interested in hearing what we have to say. As we are waiting by one door I look over to the other side of the street and see a house that I really like the looks of. It kind of reminded me a little bit of our house in Belgium...mostly because it had some circular windows. I said to my companion, "I think we should go over to that house." She said okay so we crossed the street (usually we just stay on one side of the street at a time). We ring the doorbell and wait for a little bit admiring the house. Then all of a sudden we here a "szia??" We turn around and there is this lady standing in her drive way so we walked over to her and told her who we are. At this point it was poooooooring rain so we all quickly ran into her garage. We talked to her for a few minutes in the garage and I thought it was cool but didn't feel like we would be having any luck. But then all of a sudden she invited us in to talk to her! So we went in and chatted for almost 2 hours! We ended up basically telling her about the restoration and the Book of Mormon. We gave her a Book of Mormon too which she gladly accepted. Then she told us how the missionaries a few years ago had gone and met with her dad and given him a Book of Mormon. But then they never went back (there must have been a transfer or something weird). She said that sometimes her dad comes to Békéscsaba on the weekends and maybe one time we could have a program all together. We called her a few days later to set something up and last night we went over and talked to her and her husband. I remember leaving her house that first time and just thinking how amazing it was that we were led to her house. I feel such a spirit about them when we talk. I know that it wasn't a coincidence that we went and knocked on her door. And what is really crazy is even though I don't understand everything she says, I understand her more than any one else here! And she is so good at making sure I'm not just lost and sitting there wondering what they are talking about.

On Wednesday we went with the Elders to a members house for lunch and to share a message. We had paprkias krumpli (potatoes with little pasta things and paprika sauce). That was cool. mostly the food was amazing!!

On Thursday we had English class. I taught it this week so that was pretty fun. Luckily I had Sister Hulbert with me to help since I am not a teacher so I didn't really know what I was doing. It was fun though. Then after that Elder Hulbert came up to us and asked if we had another program that night because he wanted to meet all together and talk about a few things. I was really curious why we had to meet and wondered if we had done something wrong! So about half an hour later we go over to their apartment. I walk in and the Hulberts and the Elders for a surprise birthday party for me!!!!! I walked in and saw balloons taped up and the Elders had bought me some coke and fanta and really delicious chocolate bars. Sister Hulbert had made me this nutella ice cream cake....OH MY GOSH it was so so so good. And then my companion brings out all these party hats and fun party things. It was so nice!!

Then on the morning of my birthday, I walked out of our room to go running and my companion had gotten up in the middle of the night and hung up balloons and a banner! Then went I got out of the shower she had made me french toast. She really spoiled me! And she bought me sunglasses (that i picked out last week). So nice!!! I seriously have the best companion ever!! Then that morning we went to meet the Elders and the Hulberts at a Lutheran church. The Elders have been teaching this family and both of the parents are ministers (I think that is what they are called). Anyways the wife let us go and look around the church and take pictures. That was way cool! In Békéscsaba there are two Lutheran churches right across the street from each other. One is way bigger (which was built afterwards because the smaller one was too small to fit everyone in). I think it's like the biggest Lutheran church in Eastern Europe? Or something cool like that. Then after that we went to Ricsi's school. Ricsi is a 15 year old in our branch who was baptized a few months ago. He's such a cool kid. We went with the Elders to go to their English class to teach some English. The teacher then asked us to stay for her next class and help them practice since some of them have a big English test coming up soon. As we were leaving, Ricsi came up to say goodbye to us and he had bought me a chocolate bar for my bday. Then we went to have lunch at another ward members house with the Hulberts. She made rakot paprika (aboslute no idea how to spell it) and it was AMAZING. Oh my gosh so good!! Then later that night we had institute with a few of the ward members. Two more people gave me some chocolate as bday gifts! So so sweet. I was really spoiled on my bday. Again I feel super lucky to be in this area especially as its my first area!

On Saturday we had another really cool experience. We were tracting again. We didn't know which way to go so we just randomly started walking down the road. We saw the Elders coming the other way so we crossed the street and started walking down the opposite way. We turned down another random street and started knocking on doors. Lots of people not really interested as usual. Then we rang a door bell and this little old lady comes to the door. I say our little intro explaining who we are and then she invites us in. I was totally shocked! As we go into their house she says that she is Edina's mom. So backstory....Edina is a lady in our branch who the Sunday before came up to Sister Broadhead and I and said that she wanted to set up a program with her parents. What we didn't know is that Edina had already called her parents that week and they told her that they wouldn't have time to meet. And we didn't even know where we lived we just happened to tract into them! We told them about Joseph Smith and the first vision and a little about the restoration. As Sister Broadhead was talking, the mom gets up and walks out and I'm thinking like "oh man...she just left at the best part what the heck." but then she comes back...crying!! Our message really touched her. and she fed us lunch. and we are going to go back some time and take them some suti (dessert). that was really cool!

Anyways sorry this was like the longest email I've ever written. Don't worry about reading it all cus its a lot hahaha. But it was just a good week! I am super grateful to be a missionary. I have seen so many tiny miracles. And I have only been here for 2 weeks. I love Békéscsaba. My Hungarian is coming along slowly but surely. I have to catch myself not getting really frustrated that I can't speak it fluently and remind myself I've only been learning for 2 and a half months and I've only been in the country for 2 weeks. But still I really wanted to learn this language fast. I love my companion. Have I mentioned that I have the best companion ever?! We get along so well, both want to work hard but we have fun while we are doing it. It's been great. And the Hulberts are sooooo wonderful. I love being a missionary. I'm really really tired like all of the time. But its worth it. And even though most people on the street don't want to talk to us, it makes it all worth it when we have some of the experiences we had this week.

Hope you all have a great week! Thank you for all of the many emails and birthday wishes!!! Luckily I don't look as old as I am ;)

Szeretlek titeket!!

Simons Nővér xx